"Brother Lian, what do you mean by this? Although I have a humble position in the palace, I still have some money for rewards. It doesn't have to be like this."
Yuan Chunmei's beautiful eyes opened slightly, she shook her head and smiled with an expression of three parts shock and seven parts helplessness.
While speaking, Yuan Chun glanced back at the room, but the woman who had just led the way was completely missing. Knowing that she had already retreated, she felt in her heart that Jia Lian was worthy of being an extraordinary person. Even the maid next to him looked different from others.
"Sister, please don't misunderstand me. It's not that I despise my sister, but that I know that the current situation in the palace is complicated. My sister will inevitably be alone in the palace. If we can use money to clear the way and gather some slaves for my sister's use, although It may not be of much help to my sister, but it can make her live a more relaxed and comfortable life in the palace and avoid the slights of some villains. In this way, my brother Yu Yuan is enough."
Naturally, Jia Lian gave Yuan Chun money in order to further deepen his relationship with Yuan Chun based on the previous events and make her completely become a part of his strength.
Another purpose is the same as giving 500,000 taels to Princess Zhaoyang, so that Yuanchun can expand his power.
Since we have to help Yuanchun both inside and outside the palace, the role of a Yuanchun whose hands and eyes are open to the sky in the palace is naturally different from a Yuanchun who is restrained everywhere.
In places like the palace, small and large matters and any breaking news may contain huge value.
Although Jia Lian knew that Princess Zhaoyang would definitely place some appropriate spies in the palace, or even in Chonghua Palace, Jia Lian could not put the entire palace on Princess Zhaoyang alone.
Yuanchun's status is no longer weak now. If she can complete this line and complement Princess Zhaoyang, she will be foolproof.
Yuanchun originally thought that Jia Lian was afraid of her difficulties in the palace, so he wanted to provide her with money. She also has self-respect, right? She has a good impression of Jia Lian, her cousin. As the eldest sister, she feels that she has not helped Jia Lian in any way. How can she have the nerve to take money from Jia Lian?
As for what Jia Lian said, she could understand it and was moved by it, but she still pushed her hands and said, "Brother Lian, there is no need to say it, I already know your thoughts.
It's just that my family has spent too much money just for me. How can I bear to ignore my family's situation and just live a comfortable life for myself?
So, Brother Lian, it’s better to take it back. I really don’t lack money. Your Majesty... and the Queen are very good to me and never reduce the expenses in my palace, so I really don’t need it..."
Yuanchun was sensible before entering the palace and had some understanding of the family's financial situation.
She knew very well that the government must have overdrawn its finances in order to build this garden and welcome her back to the province. This was confirmed by the insinuations made when Mrs. Wang and others visited her in the palace.
In this case, how could she take away a large amount of money from home?
Despite what Jia Lian said, he came up with the money himself. But Jia Lian has only been an official for a few years, how much wealth can he have? The palace is the richest place in the world, and a little money can only help her so much. It is better to leave it in Jia Lian's hands to make the family more comfortable.
Therefore, Yuanchun firmly pushed back the banknote handed over by Jia Lian.
At this time in Yuanchun, there is no self-control of a noble concubine of the country. It is like rejecting generous gifts from sisters, relatives and friends when she was a child, and her jade hands directly pressed on the hands handed over by Jia Lian.
She had forgotten that she had a body of gold and jade, and no one except the emperor could touch her body.
Of course, Jia Lian also felt that Yuanchun's jade hands were gorgeous, especially with the blessing of the golden fingertips, they looked even more beautiful, noble and impeccable.
But I don’t have the nerve to look at it more. Seeing that Yuanchun really didn't want his money, Jia Lian simply took back one hand, raised the banknote in his hand with one hand, and said with a smile, "Why don't you, sister, take a look at how much money is here first?"
Yuanchun was stunned. It turned out that Jia Lian had specially given her denominations of different sizes in order to facilitate Yuanchun's envoy.
Yuan Chun took a quick look just now and saw that it looked like a two hundred tael note. He estimated that the bundle Jia Lian gave her was only a few thousand taels, or at most more than 10,000 taels of silver.
This is in line with her positioning of Jia Lian's wealth! I was still very moved, thinking that Jia Lian might have tightened his belt in order to raise so much money for her...
At this time, facing Jia Lian's gaze, she took the banknote blankly, and then with Jia Lian's encouragement, she put aside her distracting thoughts and looked through it.
Then, the expression on her face went from stunned, to shocked, to even more shocked, and she couldn't stop.
"Here, how much does this have to be?"
Yuanchun was no longer calm, and couldn't help but speed up the reading.
Turn the five thousand taels of silver notes to the bottom, and you will see the three thousand taels. Turn it over again, and you will see another five thousand taels...
As a result, Yuanchun, who was full of gold hairpins and jade and golden palace robes, and who should have been full of dignity and majesty, turned out to be like a surprised child, holding the money, glaring at Jia Lian with beautiful eyes.
Jia Lian felt funny when he saw this, but as if he didn't understand Yuanchun's shock, he said softly: "It's not much, just two hundred thousand taels. Knowing that it is not as convenient for my sister to be in the palace as outside, I specially changed the denomination for my sister. It’s different, even the bank has been changed to several banks.”
"Two hundred thousand? Just?" Yuanchun stuck out his tongue and took a deep breath.
She no longer cared about the banknote in her hand at this time, she just looked at Jia Lian's face, as if she wanted to see from his face why Jia Lian could be so rich! If her impression was correct, even if the Rongguo Mansion had to come up with 200,000 in cash, it would be impossible to do it, and it would probably be a strain, right? And Jia Lian handed so much money to her so lightly?
Seeing Yuanchun staring at him, Jia Lian didn't feel embarrassed at all. He even raised his hand and pulled up the bun on his forehead so that Yuanchun could see his face more clearly.
His move finally reminded Yuanchun.
She looked a little embarrassed, took a step back, then raised the banknote in her hand and asked, "Is all this money yours?"
"nature."
Yuanchun pondered for a moment, "Yes, when I go to Yangzhou for business this spring...?"
Yuanchun is not stupid. Two hundred thousand taels of silver, according to Jia Lian's official position, is not enough for ten lifetimes of salary!
Therefore, if it is really Jia Lian's money, it must have come from a different source. Thinking about what Jia Lian has done over the years, it seems that the trip to Yangzhou this spring may have allowed Jia Lian to get so much money.
She knew everything about Jia Lian.
"Uh, well...sister is really smart. You have guessed all this. Yes, most of the money was indeed obtained at that time.
But sister, don't worry, my brother is a principled person, and he will never do anything harmful to God or disloyal to His Majesty just for money. "
Since Jia Lian dared to give so much money to Yuan Chun, he was naturally not afraid of her guessing. If Yuanchun couldn't even guess this, then he would have to think carefully about how much he should bet on Yuanchun.
Hearing Jia Lian's words, Yuan Chun smiled and said, "You don't need to explain this to me. I naturally believe in your character."
Yuan Chun wanted to tease Jia Lian, but suddenly he remembered what Jia Lian had just said and praised her for being smart as ice and snow? Old and young are in order, is this a word that a younger brother should praise his older sister with?
So I rolled my eyes at Jia Lian and forgot what I wanted to say.
Jia Lian said: "Thank you sister for trusting me. But please don't tell me that I am so rich."
Right now, because His Majesty has favored me, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at my little brother, who is most afraid of trouble. "
After hearing what Jia Lian said, Yuan Chun also nodded solemnly. Recalling that when Jia Lian first returned to Beijing, there were indeed rumors that Jia Lian was greedy and waiting for him. She even heard about it in the palace. Fortunately, the rumors quickly subsided.
Unexpectedly, those people did not accuse him unjustly!
This cunning brother...
After slandering Jia Lian, Yuan Chun looked back at the banknote in his hand, with hesitation in his eyes.
She knew that Jia Lian even admitted the "crime of corruption" in front of her, so he must have given her the money seriously. But as the saying goes, no reward for no merit, if she really accepted such a large amount of money, how should she repay Jia Lian?
After thinking about it, Yuan Chun said: "You'd better take back this money. I can't use so much money alone in the palace. It's better for you to keep it yourself, whether it's to support the children of the family or to be filial to the old lady and others. They are all useful…”
Yuanchun handed the banknote back.
Jia Lian couldn't bear to be polite to Yuan Chun, so he closed her hands and pushed them back to her waist, and then said: "Sister, if you are polite to me again, I will be angry.
Don’t worry, sister, I have already prepared the money that should be used for the places you mentioned.
In addition, to be honest with my sister, I started buying property for my family very early on. As long as I am here, the family will never be short of money.
This is only two hundred thousand taels of silver, but I still don't care about it in my little brother's eyes.
I just hope that if they fall into my sister's hands and they can be of some use to her, it will not be considered a letdown.
If my sister is polite to me again, she means that she sincerely doesn’t treat me as a biological brother and is trying to draw a clear line with me! "
No matter how respected Yuanchun is, she is still just a woman after all. Jia Lian, on the other hand, has long been familiar with a set of techniques when it comes to dealing with women.
These words and actions directly dispersed all Yuan Chun's worries and reservations.
Facing Jia Lian's sincere eyes, Yuanchun finally nodded.
"That being the case, well... don't worry, I won't let this money go to waste. I will definitely use it where it should be used. In this way, I can live up to my brother's care for my sister."
Yuanchun looked at Jia Lian with rare seriousness in his eyes.
She was not slow, and she understood somewhat in her mind what Jia Lian meant by giving her the money.
She is a member of the Jia family, and she originally entered the palace to extend the life of the Jia family. Now that Jia Lian is working so hard for the restoration of the family, how can she, the eldest sister, stand by and not contribute to the family?
In just a moment, she roughly knew where the two hundred thousand taels of silver had gone.
Seeing that there was a city in Yuanchun, Jia Lian felt relieved. He cupped his hands to show approval, but said no more.
And Yuanchun, because his thoughts were too agitated, he didn't know what to say for a while.
Speaking of which, she and Jia Lian really have a special relationship.
Call them strangers, but not really. After all, they are cousins who grew up in the same mansion. It was impossible to say that he was familiar. Until now, Yuanchun still couldn't put the man in front of him together with the little cousin in his memory.
However, under such a relationship and with such different identities, they actually gathered alone in the dark room to discuss such a secret and important matter.
This is something that only close relatives and trusted people should do.
For a moment, Yuan Chun actually had the illusion that the Jia Lian in front of her, who was calling her affectionately one after another, was really like her biological brother from the same mother as her, not the cousin with whom she had a quarrel across the room.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Xia said it's time to give you a gift..."
Just when Jia Lian and Yuan Chun were worried about each other and didn't know what to say, they heard the sound of Yuan Chun's maid holding the piano near the Buddhist temple.
Yuanchun immediately put down all his thoughts, with an extremely desolate look in his eyes.
Giving gifts was the last part of her family visit. She should return to the palace.
Jia Lian hated to see the beauty cry. He almost hesitated, then took a step forward, gently hugged Yuan Chun with one hand, and said warmly: "Sister, there is no need to be sad. If you miss us, just let us go to the palace to see you."
If you feel homesick... As I said before, next year, we can just bring my sister back. "
Although Jia Lian's hug was very polite and he only patted her on the shoulder and back due to his height advantage and did not touch her at all, it still made Yuan Chun suddenly feel uncomfortable.
She quickly took two steps back and said angrily: "Don't be rude."
Seeing that Jia Lian didn't take it seriously, Yuan Chun himself smiled. Thinking of something, he raised his head and said, "It's enough to go home and have a look, but it doesn't matter whether I can come back in the future.
But you...you are determined to serve in the army and restore the glory of your ancestors. Although you cannot be wrong, the battlefield is dangerous, so you should act with caution.
It’s so easy to have you in our family. You are my Jiamen, the most important treasure. Please take care of me and cherish it..."
Jia Lian didn't expect Yuanchun to suddenly come to this stage. He raised his eyebrows, bent down and said: "Little brother, please follow the teachings of eldest sister!"
Upon seeing this, Yuanchun smiled and shook his head, took one last look at Jia Lian, and turned back.
But Jia Lian stood there for a long time before sighing again.
How could the old emperor not like such a good woman...
